An Old Jefferson teenager has been arrested and booked on auto theft and burglary charges, authorities said. Authorities suspect that Joseph Ancar, 18, could be responsible for several other crimes, according to Glen T. Boyd, spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.

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Detectives identified Ancar as a suspect while investigating the theft of two Ford F-250 pick-up trucks that were stolen in Old Jefferson on the same day, according to Boyd. The first truck was first reported stolen from the just before 8:30 a.m. in the 3900 block of Isabel Street, according to a Sheriff's Office incident report. The second truck was reported stolen three miles away around 10:45 p.m. in the 200 block of Monticello Avenue.

Both vehicles were found in New Orleans three days later, Boyd said. Marcus Jarrow, 18, a suspect from a separate New Orleans investigation told detectives that Ancar was responsible for the truck thefts, Boyd said. Ancar was taken into custody Thursday morning at RiverdaleHigh School, 240 Riverdale Drive, Old Jefferson, where he is a student, according to a Sheriff's Office arrest report.

In a statement to detectives, Ancar admitted that he and several friends were involved in crimes in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish, the arrest report said. He told investigators that he and his friends go out looking for vehicles to break into or steal, the report said.

Ancar also implicated an 16-year-old boy in the theft of a vehicle from the 1100 block of O'Dwyer Place in Old Jefferson, Boyd said. That boy, who is not being identified because he is a juvenile, was booked with auto theft.

Ancar was booked Thursday evening at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna with two counts of auto theft and four counts of simple burglary in connection with four vehicle break-ins, arrest report said. Ancar was still being held Monday on a $110,000 bond. He could not be reached for comment.